At the closing workshop of the Habitat project, which was held at the Conference Room Le Serre of the Margherita Gardens in Bologna, the activities carried out and the objectives achieved with the project were presented in front of a large audience.

HABITAT will participate also this year to Exposanità, an event featuring the latest generation of services, products and solutions to make healthcare management more efficient and person’s care process more effective with a stand where the visitors will have the opportunity to participate to the use of the platform thanks to some practical demonstrations, which will be set in a living area.

TekneHub organizes a second co-design workshop as part of the Habitat project, with the purpose of trying, customizing and evaluating everyday objects (locator, presence monitoring and radio) for developing practical and nice products for elderly people, caregivers and healthcare workers. In this workshop in particular, it has been used more advanced prototypes of the objects which are being realized so as to collect the users feedbacks in order to improve the objects themselves.

The HABITAT Project has been presented at the 12th edition of R2B in Bologna by Prof. Lorenzo Chiari (CIRI-SdV) within the Workshop "Next Generation Medtech, Smart and Active Living, Inclusive Services and USable TECHnologies" in the Arena Live Research run by ASTER.The Workshop has been promoted by the Association "Clust-ER Industrie della salute e del benessere".

As part of the Habitat project, TekneHub Laboratory organizes a Co-Design Workshop to test, customize and evaluate everyday objects (chair, presence detector, radio) with the aim to develop practical and nice products for the elderly, caregivers and health workers. In this workshop in particular, it has been used simple prototypes of the objects which are being realized so as to collect the users feedbacks in order to improve the objects themselves.

To follow up the experience of SPARK, on the 7th of February 2017, at the Council Room of the School of Engineering and Architecture, University of Bologna, a Workshop, with the participation of the Companies involved in the project Habitat, was organized to present the evolution of works and to share the next steps with their direct involvement.

Habitat Project has been selected by ASTER to participate with a working table to SPARK Project, with the aim of enhancing synergies between the actors of the innovation ecosystem in the frame of RegionalSmart Specialization Strategy and encouraging contacts and exchange of experiences and points of view through working methods and innovative tools.

At the European Microwave Week, held in London from 3rd to 7 th of October 2016, the Coordinator of HABITAT project, Prof. Alessandra Costanzo (CIRI-ICT, UNIBO), presented the project and the real-time tracking system in the "Women in Microwave" session.

During the Europe event "Researchers' Night" at Mazzini-Marinelli palace, Via Sacchi 3 - Cesena, a stand dedicated to the HABITAT project has been set up by Prof. Alessandra Costanzo and Ing. Elena Borelli.

HABITAT project has been presented by Prof. Federico Chesani (CIRI ICT-UNIBO) during the Annual Conference I-Cities 2016 on "ICT for Smart Cities and Communities" at the University of Sannio in Benevento.

The raise of the population median age force to find solutions for sustaining and prolonging the people's autonomy in daily spaces and places.Technology could provide solutions which allow to make our houses smart, therefore capable to adapt progressively to the needs of its inhabitants.

It has been presented the project Habitat: IoT per l'Home Assistance the 18th May at EXPOSanità, the 20th international exhibition on the themes of sanity and assistance which it took place in Bologna's fair district. The project aims to develop and experiment a platform based on the Internet of Things to sustain elder people's health and autonomy.